Rennes Métropole () is the ''

métropole A (; French for "metropolis") is an administrative entity in France, in which several communes cooperate, and which has the right to levy local tax, an ''établissement public de coopération intercommunale à fiscalité propre''. It is the mo ...

'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

Rennes Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...

. It is located in the

Ille-et-Vilaine Ille-et-Vilaine (; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Ill-e-Vilaenn'', ) is a departments of France, department of France, located in the regions of France, region of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named a ...

department, in the

Brittany Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...

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, western

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. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous ''

Communauté d'agglomération An agglomeration community (, ) is a consortium of communes in France, communes (municipality, municipalities) in France, created as a government structure by the Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of co ...

de Rennes'', which had itself succeeded in 2000 to the previous district created in 1970 with less powers than the current métropole. Its area is 705.0 km². Its population was 451,762 in 2018, of which 217,728 in Rennes proper.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE. 4 April 2022. The goal of the Métropoles (intercommunal structure for the largest French cities like

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) is to build a better metropolitan area by synchronizing the transport system, environmental actions, urbanization, economic and social development, culture, university research, etc.

Participants

The métropole comprises the following 43 communes:Rennes Métropole (N° SIREN : 243500139)
BANATIC. Accessed 17 October 2024.INSEE
/ref> # Acigné # Bécherel # Betton # Bourgbarré # Brécé # Bruz #

Cesson-Sévigné Cesson-Sévigné (; in Gallo: ''Séson'' or ''Seczon-Sevinyaé'', Breton: ''Saozon-Sevigneg'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is a suburb directly to the east of Rennes, bordered on its ...

# Chantepie # La Chapelle-Chaussée # La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz # La Chapelle-Thouarault # Chartres-de-Bretagne # Chavagne # Chevaigné # Cintré # Clayes # Corps-Nuds # Gévezé # L'Hermitage # Laillé # Langan # Miniac-sous-Bécherel # Montgermont # Mordelles # Nouvoitou # Noyal-Châtillon-sur-Seiche # Orgères, Ille-et-Vilaine # Pacé # Parthenay-de-Bretagne # Pont-Péan #

(seat) # Le Rheu # Romillé # Saint-Armel # Saint-Erblon # Saint-Gilles # Saint-Grégoire # Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande # Saint-Sulpice-la-Forêt # Thorigné-Fouillard # Le Verger # Vern-sur-Seiche # Vezin-le-Coquet Metropolitan Rennes (450,000 inhabitants) encompasses only the central part of the

metropolitan area A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban area, urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories which share Industry (economics), industries, commercial areas, Transport infrastructure, transport network ...

of Rennes (750,000 inhabitants). Communes further away from the center of the metropolitan area have formed their own intercommunal structures, such as Châteaugiron, Noyal-sur-Vilaine, Liffré, Melesse, La Mézière, Montfort-sur-Meu or Guichen.

Gallery

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Metropole view File:Canal d'Ille et Rance à Chevaigné.jpg, The

Ille The Ille (; ) is a small river in Brittany, France, right tributary of the river Vilaine. It is long. It flows into the Vilaine in the city Rennes. The Ille is linked to the semi-tidal Rance river by the Canal d'Ille-et-Rance. By this canal, ...

in Chevaigné File:Wikipédia dans Rennes - Les Champs Libres - vue de loin.jpg, Metropolitan cultural center Les Champs Libres File:Bus et métro station Poterie (5618280569).jpg, Bus and Rennes Metro File:Nathalie Appéré - Février 2013 - 09.JPG, Metropole president File:Bécherel - Scorcio (2).jpg, Bécherel

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File:Moulinboel.jpg, The

Vilaine The Vilaine (; ) is a river in Brittany, in the west of France. The river's source is in the Mayenne ''Département in France, département'' (53), and it flows out into the Atlantic Ocean at Pénestin in the Morbihan ''département'' (56). It is ...

in Bruz File:Église Saint-Maximilien Kolbe 01.jpg, Saint-Maximilien church in Corps-Nuds

References

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